Furnace for heating metal goods

A furnace for heating metal goods, comprising:

• a furnace chamber that is designed for accommodating metal goods ;
• an input side with a furnace inlet , through which metal goods to be heated in the furnace chamber can be introduced into the furnace chamber;
• an output side with a furnace outlet, through which metal goods heated in the furnace chamber can be removed from the furnace chamber;
• a ceiling that defines the top of the furnace chamber between the input side and the output side;
• a furnace floor that defines the bottom of the furnace chamber between the input side and the output side;
• sidewalls that laterally define the furnace chamber between the input side and the output side;
• burners for firing the furnace chamber, wherein the burners comprise at least one of the following types of burners:
• roof burners arranged in the region of the ceiling or lateral burners arranged in the region of the sidewalls;
• additional burners for firing the furnace chamber that are arranged in the region of the furnace floor.